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The giggle, and then the instantly serious expression on his face as he grabs his derringer. He was the MVP of this episode.

There's a TV Trope for this: Took the Bad Film Seriously. (Surprisingly, not a lot of overlap with this article.)

…He-hero?

I think it's real, @avclub-6337e07e6e05d8c4b432d3c8cc1b78fb:disqus. Colbert shows a little flash of panic when he thinks he's lost control of the situation, as Carell starts knocking over and breaking the glasses.

That reminds me of an old Daily Show segment where Stephen Colbert gets Steve Carell drunk (not acting; he was legitimately shit-faced) to warn about the dangers of spring break. I'll try to find it…

I wish there was a way to receive notifications for this feature. I'd definitely follow it!

We all knew the marriage was circling the drain, but to me the moment it truly sank was when Megan mentioned his "screwed-up kids." Yes, she took it back right away, but that statement says, "I'm not part of your family, and I never will be." If she'd left it out there, she'd be a terrible person for it, but she…

Betty's call: One of the things that impresses me the most about that scene is that we've seen so many of their post-divorce phone conversations, and this one hit all the right notes: Sally did something bad, I've done everything I can think of, my mother never let me act this way, she must have gotten it from YOU,…

Liked for the Sammy reference.

Well, I think The Americans is doing a good job on that front…

Especially how it went from "abuse" to "verbal abuse" to "unspoken verbal abuse."

Blitzer going down in flames is the most beautiful thing about that episode, no doubt, but Andy Richter's complete domination is also wonderful to watch. 
Apparently, before they started taping, Blitzer was smugly commenting to Alex Trebek about how both of them have jobs where they learn. That makes me think he…

I think that was Betty realizing that something specific had fundamentally changed Sally's opinion of Don, beyond just Don working all the time and the Grandma Ida incident. Betty knows Don well enough to know just how horrible a truth Sally might have uncovered, but she has no idea which horrible truth she…

I moved from Chicago to Southern California for grad school. I still think Chicago is the greatest city in the world, but I don't miss winter at all. I go back for holidays, and that's about all I need.

Wouldn't it make more sense to name him Jaxon, then?

My kick-ass Louis Sachar story:

Sticking with YA literature, Louis Sachar.

Why is Kai Opaka being so mean?

Especially since he has to wait four decades!